Recent content by Travis31

The beer actually turned out nice.

And i am sure i will drink it, even my worst home brew has tasted better than some of the commercial swill i drank when i was younger. I will let you guys know how it turns out. Thanks for your posts.

The yeast was the liquid Wyeast American 1056.

What will it do to the brew if it ferments to hot? Brown ale with a 1.050 OG but the temp was varying from 68-78 F It did ferment hard for about 4 days But with such fluctuation I wonder if i ruined my batch. I did used milk jugs of ice etc but nothing i had would take the temp down. I need...

This is why I don't use aluminum. Maybe i am just paranoid... http://www.rense.com/general37/alum.htm This is the main thing in the article that applys. "Your choice of cookware is important. Glass and porcelain are relatively nonreactive with foods. Metal cookware does react with the acids in...

I was thinking it might hold the carbonation better. I believe that is why they have special bottle fillers out there? And Instead of waiting any time for your keg to carbonate, you can force carb instantly a bottle. If i could just pour and cap great but i have tried that and it sucked for me...

I might try that again from the keg. But my last time it didn't work very well. So you just pour, cap and your good for a few days? Mine ended up losing head fast not lacing and having very little carbonation. I did leave some room in the top of the bottle, do you fill it all the way to the top...

Ok noob question here. I have a 5g keg and can carbonate it just fine and it turns out nice. But what if i am going to bottle off it? And yes i have read about CPBF, BMBF and BGBF. What if I wanted a few P.E.T bottles to go to the lake. Why couldn't i just force carbonate them with this...

I seem to have the same issue. I think i am going to break down and by the Blichmann Beer Gun.And bottle off my keg. I haven't heard realy any negatives on the gun. The beer can taste great but with no head and soda like carb, ah well it ticks me off to. Now to save the $108 and buy off of...

nice, let us know how it turns out :)

This is what i think i am going to do with my next batch. I tried shaking my last one and it didn't help, I still had to wait till it panned out. I will let you know how this one comes out. It is a Porter and I do plan on bottling some so my friends can try. :mug:

I am pretty new to brewing but i have a few partial mash batches under my belt. Here is a good you tube video I have used to reference the partial mash technique. Link: As far a adding pure water to reach 5gallons or batching it all at one time. I don't see why it would matter? as long...

Bend Oregon - central part of the state :)

Well i have decided to leave it alone and go do something else, Home Brewing just got even easier lol. Thanks guys :mug:

Sweet, I was looking for that before i made the post - Thank you :)